We got a few minutes with Dwayne De Rosario of the Canadian national team (and the MLS Houston Dynamo), who will be in Seattle next weekend when the Maple Leafs meet Brazil.

Like many soccer players, De Rosario grew up with Brazil as his favorite soccer team, and he said he and his teammates need to make sure they don't take the field in awe of those yellow jerseys.

He also said this game doesn't fully fit the term "friendly" because his team wants a result to climb in the world rankings, and that the team is clicking into a World Cup-qualifying mindset and is eager to see how they stack up against such a world power.

“In terms of my play, friendlies are a thing of the past," he said. "Teams go to get results. The thing about friendlies is that they still go against your world ranking. Any time you have a chance to play a country internationally, the main focus is getting the result because it helps your ranking. The better rank you are, the better off you are. It’s a friendly to put it nicely, but the players know it’s going to be a battle. It’s a game that both teams want to win. I think Brazil is looking to just go and spank a team, which will build their confidence to prepare for their World Cup qualifier. We’re going in there to get a result, to get a win. Most importantly, it would be nice to get a win, say you beat Brazil, and build our confidence for our World Cup qualifier coming up in June. As a professional athlete, it’s not going to be a friendly. There’s nothing that’s going to be friendly about that game until after it’s all said and done. On the field, it’s business. We want to represent Canada well, and they want to represent Brazil well.”